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lu future years many a man who claims to have been where the battle was hottest in the war with Spain will prove it by showing that he stood in front of the bulletin board, the New York Mail and Express predicts. There is an element of reserve, of thrifty limitation, in British hero-wor ship. Mr. Gladstone has been easily the most popular man in Great Britain for a generation, yet this did not sell his literary works. Indeed, he had to pay his publisher, Murray, about 3100 loss on one of his books. Not far from the final resting place of Mr. Gladstone in Westminster Ab bey is the tomb of General John Bur- goyne, who was defeated by Gates at the battle of Stillwater, and who sur rendered to the Americans at Saratoga in 1777. Bnrgoyne is a picturesque figure in history, but at the best one must conclude Westminster honors wore less highly valuable in 1792 than they are now. He was by no means a great general, and his campaign iti America ended with such advantage to the patriot arms that Yorktowu and independence were assured. HAMMOCK SHROUD. tViion my turn com<'s, dear shipmates all, Oh! do not weep for me; Wrap me in my hammock tight. And nut me into the sen; For it’s no good weeping When a shipmate's sleeping. And the long watch keeping, At the bottom of the sea. But think of me sometimes and say: "He did his duty right, Anil strove the best he knew to plooso Bis Captain In tho light,” But It’s no good weeping When a shipmate's sleeping, And tho long watch keeping ' Through the long, long night. And let my epitaph bo these words: “Cleared from this port, alone, A craft that was stanch, and sound and true— Destination, unknown;” And it’s no good weeping When a shipmate’s sleeping . And the long watch keeping AH alone, all alone. And mark this well, my f yipmat « dear, Along the long night t•trough. Bp there in tiiu darkness behind the stars I’ll look out sharp for you; . 80 it’s no good weeping When a shipmate - - sleeping. And the long watch keeping Ml the long night through. —Barrett Eastman in Chap Book. manl (lead man, who bad been a victim tho conflict, and Fred asked his fat! many questions concerning the L war. Mr. Darling was a widower a: Fred was his only son. He had very prosperous in business. Yet. had never enjoyed the ease and luxai that was all about him. For years past he had been so taken with his mad race for wealth that had neglected his church and all! Christian duties and had even lost faith. This had grieved Fred t much, for the young fellow had a voted heart. Although tho note whioh Mr ling had written was short and Miss Norlan wrote to tell the broth about the captured letter, which had in her possession, and she askei if the mother was yet alive. Shi wrote: "I will gladly give up the ter that I have. I am sure that it wil! be a great comfort to friends of his for it is beautiful in its eincority an simplicity.” Mr he knelt at the and Dorothy. altar rail with del chilly] ©OOOOOGOGGOOOGOOOGDOOOOOO THE CAPTURED MAIL Wrir I-tomance. BY MARY CAIN. When Daniel Webster was speak* ing once in Faneuil Hall, it was thronged with men standing so close ly together that some were taken off their feet and there was danger of a panic. As tho crowd surged to and fro, Webster thundered, “Let every man stand on his own feet.” Each one braced up in his own place and the panic was over. “That,” sai(l Webster “illustrates the American idea of self-government.” The illus tration is pertinent to onr affairs to day. Every man standing on his feet, and all steady together, will make our nation invincible. . Hays the London Chronicle: “Ad miral Dewey’s interruption of the buttle of Manila buy to give his crews the opportunity of breaking their fast recalls onr own ‘glorious 1st of June,’ when Earl Howe, before he gave the French such a hammering off Ushautfhove to for an hour before at tacking, to permit of his men forti fying themselves for the coming fight with a good meal—a pause which caused much conjecture in tho minds of the astonished French. It has ever been the Anglo-Saxon way to fight, if possible, on u full stomach, Welling ton once said that if ever he wanted an a Scotch re; oooooooc?ooooooocd8 T Tomi&wfc* 1 I thorouf la do was - ( ‘ink on getting to its destination, latter its pay; but that the corre- nding bait to nn English battalion 1 a good dinner of roust beef.”. Canada has a population of f),00ft,- (against 1,000,000 in 1840), with lotal trade of 3250,000,000 (against ^5,000,000 in 1840), and with a ua- mal revenue of nearly 340,000,000 igaiust $700,000 in 1840), which in- ! abits a dominion of seven regularly or- r.nized provinces and nn immense ter- itory now in course of development, stretching from Manitoba and Ontario ( to British Columbia,whose mountains are washed by the Pacific ocean. This dominion embraces nn area of 3,519,- 000 square miles, including its water surface, or very little less than tho area of the United States with Alaska, or a - region measuring 3500 miles from east to west, and 1400 miles from north to south. The magnificent val ley, through which the St. Lawrence river flows from the lakes to the ocean, is now the home of prosperous, ener getic and intelligent communities, one of which was founded nearly three 1 centuries ago. The transportation of merchandise / i Em 11 ‘ m is a feature of the long-distance trolley lines to which little attention bus yet men paid, but which has great possi- ^ulities, comments a w riter in Harper’s jg^zine. These lines offer reumrk- H opportunities for the develop- fit of convenient express and par- delivery service between cities their suburbs, and even far out the country. Freight could also [cheaply carried iu this way from u to town, and a large business j;ht be built up in tlm transportation of market produce and of milk from ,1116 country into the city. Platform ars might be arranged so that heavily oaded wagons could be taken bodily or long distances at a material saving in time and expense. The relief of the highways from heavy traffic might thus be very great; it would also save the community large expenses for re pairs and renewal of roads, for there would be • corresponding reduction in the wear and tear of the way from heavy teaming, and the destructive chopping action of steel horseshoes. ELL me, Dorothy, where have you been for the last two hours? Your face is flushed and you look so un tidy,” said Colone Norlan, as hit daughter entered the library in somewhat undigni fied manner. “Oh, I have been up in the garret turning things up side down looking for the old brass candlestick that Aunt Mary told us •bout at tea last evening. I couldn’t find it; I think some collector must have it by this time. But yon can’t guess what I found. In overhauling your old papers I came across a letter written by a Confederate soldier in July, 1864, while Sherman was mak ing his march to tho sea. Tyio letter is so touching, so manly, just a letter of a homesick boy to his mother. It is most interesting. I wonder yon never told mo about it. On the enve- lopfe is written: ‘Captured at Boding, Mississippi, July 21, 1864, with a large Confederate mail.’ It is direct ed to Mrs. Henry Darling, Shirley, Georgia. Oh, it is a long letter. He was a brave, good fellow, but he was not fond of war. ( The speaker was a young) girl of seventeen, bright, graceful And eves beautiful. Her features wire nearly perfect, her hair blonde aucb wavy and the expression of her stronrf ual face showed that she wal plete sympathy with the Her swe ease »no WW Wow lasting and most favorable impression. The father had laid aside his paper to listen to the low music of his daughter’s voice as she enthusiastic ally told tho story of the letter, think ing more of tho beautiful picture she unknowingly presented and of the great comfort she was to him in his old age. “Tell me about the capture of the letter, father,” she said. “My dear, it is so long a time ago, I don’t remember the circumstances clearly. We captured a large Confed erate mail and the letters were scat tered among the soldiers as souvenirs. This one came in my way and I sent it home as a curiosity. I had for gotten all about it.” She had found out all her father knew ol the matter, and so Miss Nor lau went to her room to re-read the letter which had touched her heart. And she wove a pretty romance about tho writer of this manly letter. “I wonder what was the fate of this noble fellow?—he may still be living, she said. Then she murmured aloud, half startled at the thought. “11 write to him. No, that would be uu- maidenly. But surely I can send the elter to his poor old mother. Let me see. Oh, I know what I’ll do, I’ll write to the) postmaster at Shirley; he’ll tell me if such a person lives there. It’s not impossible.” She hastened down to the library and wrote tho note, saying she wished to communicate with the person con- son |E MARVELOUS DRAGON FLY. U the Machinery That Governs It* Flight. ere is no winged creatnre, unless ~ be the hamming bird, writes a list; that has the extraordinary inery governing its flight that jdragon fly possesses. Its speed is eloas, and yet its wings never to move. A dragon fly may be g forward with the velocity of the i, and yet can stop instantly in air, and immediately start back- d just as rapidly as it had been g forward. Or it can fly sidewise the same facility that it can fly ard or backward, as any one may a hundred times a day if he will ch one of these insects winging its die course after prey. It can see a im behind it, in front of it, and - oth sides i m r* »0 < * * 1 It v 3 of it, all at the same Darling when he had receive.# 6 : have to waste timain the first note of the girl becam suspil Bin fjf^ji— ! our ’ a { lt r , a cions that someone wished* to extort*® . m 1 ^ s m ? r T e 0 money from him. But the tone o},\ e 18 * 1 . < ^ CAU ® t,v!ce ‘ . • Miss Norlan’s reply moved him 8ome-f'® n( ^ er * u J t a3 arran ^ ein0T \: n<v i what, and to Fred it was a sweet, ten-1 ^ ra 8 on 8 win 8 8 are 1 8 0 T der letter, and he began to have Arws are 8 UU more wonderful. The strong desire to know the girl with| Gct k ftS 44 v ®. e y e9, Twoo such a heart as the writer of the let ter must have. As Fred read the let ter it dawned upon his father what a manly, whole-souled fellow his had become. After Fred the pages he looked up “Say, father, let me answer this, will you?” Then added, not without jirmons, brilliant protuberances on h side of the top of its head, the j most striking features of this big , and the ones that give it that fierce had read|P ear&nce which causes it to be so and said:r°h dreaded by foolish men, women, children. Then right in the nt of its head, on its forehead, so to showing his pleasure, “I think the ^ *hree or inary y , author of such a letter mast be more than ordinary, and I’m completely in terested.” “Yes, Fred, I think you are right— answer it." Fred wrote Miss Norlan a mag letter and told her much of the life and character of his Uncle George, and that his father said that die was an image of his uncle. It was a gra cious letter and one that made Miss Norlan feel that she was well paid for her trouble. Fred had not long to wait before he received his uncle’s letter and a brief note from Miss Nor lan. Chance For German Girl*. The Government of Gertoany opened its first high school for girls last April. This probably opens the way for uni versity training for women in Ger many. Hitherto women have not been admitted to the universities on ac count of lack of high school training. Now that the State is to give them this, it will probably soon throw the universities open to them. Buying Glove*. In buying gloves it is quite worth \vhile to choose them at shops where they may be put on. It is often the case that a glove looks all right, but when tried is fonnd so defective either in the cut of a finger or the hand that is a perpetual discomfort and annoy ance. Having the gloves put on pre vents this, and even though one should pay a trifle more it is economi cal in the long run. house. Her shoes for the street ore regular walking shoes of calfskin, laced, with flat heel and pointed toe. Every night they are blackened and twice a week limbered up with oil. The heels are straightened as soon as they run down. Her slippers are kept in like good condition. Her buttons, hooks and eyes and ribbons or bows are always v/ell attended to and not hanging by threads. Her skirts are beautifully free from mud. Her gloves have every button intact. When she wears white gloves, they are clean. All this is managed by at* tending to things which need attending to at once and at no other time. When a skirt is taken off, brush it. Pat the hat in its box, the gloves away in their sachet, tho shoes whepe they will be attended to, and make up your mind that there is nothing so well worth while as to look well groomed. It will repay you.—Ohio State Journal. Summer had nearly passed since the incidents above related had taken place when one evening, as Fred was reading “The Reveries of a Bachelor,” his father came into his study and said: “Well, my boy, how would you the idea of taking a trip up North? I have some business there that must be done, and it will be fine fan for you.” “Just the thing! I’m tired of do ing nothing, and you know how I ike to travel,” Fred replied. “Well, then, be ready and go next week.” Fred was delighted at the thought of visiting the North, and was espec ially interested sinee he found that intellect- in com- &ne of the' worn at his businesi State in wh: Fred mad he bad finis made a spec, had deter Fred wrot had come would take him to the Miss Norlan lived. k the joarnev, and after his father’s affairs he trip to Ashley, for he to know Miss Norlan. kote telling her tha^he 1 on business, ai ceruing an incident of the late war. It was not long before she received a reply—very briefly—from the soldier’s brother, saying; “My brother George was killed at Atlanta, July 23, 1964.” On comparing dates she found that the brother was killed two days after the Confederate mail had been cap tured, and this letter was the last loving message of the soldier to his mother. If my readers will trust this kind, beautiful woman to do all in her power to make persons happy, leave her for a little and let her see the Southern home at Shirley. “Well, Fred this is strange,” said Mr. Darling, as he sat down in an easy chair. “What is it, father?” “Thirty-three years have passed since my brother George was killed at Atlanta, and here is a note that the postmaster gave to me.” “Let me see it, father. I’m in terested. Are you going to answer it.” “I have already written and told her that he was killed at Atlanta.” “I’m glad you answered the note,” said Fred. “Who can tell what may come of it?” j^The father and son talked about the grant him Hie'pleas ure. ’ — Miss No^fan had often thought of Fred and was no less pleased to meet im than was Fred to meet her, and aving her father’^ permission, she in vited Fred to call. The following evening when Fred was ushered into the drawing room Miss Norlan re ceived him kindly, saying in her quiet wanner, “Mr. Darling, you don’t look a bit as I imagined you would.” “Then you are disappointed in mo?” said Fred, laughingly. They shook hands as old friends might have done, and they were not long ip get ting acquainted. Fred told Miss Norlan all abont his home and they fonnd many subjects of common interest to talk about. The evening was spent most pleasantly and passed all too quickly. “How long are you going to re main in town, Mr. Darling?” said Dorothy, as Fred arose to say good night. “I think I shall leave to-morrow. I am through with my business. I shall probably spend a few days in Wash ington. I suppose I’ll not have seen the North unless I see Washington.” “Oh! don’t think of going so soon. Why, the idea of such a thing! Stay and sec our metropolis. It’s far ahead of any other city of tho North.” Before Fred went back to his room that evening he had promised to stay, nor did he need much coaxing to help him make up his mind to do so. Colonel Norlan and his daughter had greeted Fred so heartily that he felt he was q'mte welcome. Fred and Dorothy were together much of the time, and Fred never spent so happy week in all his life.; tho truth was that before the end of the week he loved Dorothy beyond measure. When he left he promised to visit his friends again at Christmas time. On Fred’s return to his home he had mnch to tell his father of the Norlan family. Nor did it escape the notice of Mr. Darling that very often there came in the mails neat, well- filled envelopes addressed to Mr. Fred Darling. At Christmas time Fred made his promised visit to Ashley, and when he retnrned to his home he told his father of his engagement to Dorothy. They were married quietly on the Monday before Ash Wednesday, in the parish chapel, and Dorothy,anxious to see her Southern home, said good-bye to her friends, and they were soon on their journey. Fred’s father was delighted with his son’s choice, and it was not long be fore he thought there was no one in the world quite so charming and beaa- tifnl. By her kind, loving manners and true devotion for her chnreh, Mr. Darling, Sr., waa influenced, to the joy of all, back to his old faith, and al a row. Each one of the two big, kzing eyes is made np of no fewer jin 28,000 highly polished facets, ch with high-lens power, which not ly accounts for the intense brilliancy the eyes, bat gives to them a micro- j>pio and all-seeing power beyond tmon ken. Any prey that escapes 1 eye of a dragon fly is welcome to freedom from pursuit and capture. There is another peculiarity in the ke-ap of the dragon fly that has 3n a source of mneh regret to tnralists from the time naturalists it appeared. In life the long, seg- | mted body of the insect is marked jrth most brilliant and beantifnl bands colors. The instant death ensnes |ese colors fade and disappear, leav- g only an ugly grayish trank. Sei ne has failed to find a way to pre- ( it this fading of the dragon fly’s es, consequently all representations dragon-fly colors in collections are stificiaL They are reproduced by prefully dissecting the insect and luting the hnes on the inside of the dy, the ti^tnsparent skin or shell rmitting the artificial coloring to low through. Alive the dragon fly, ii spite of its terrific front, is one of [tie most royally beautiful of all in- 3«cts. Dead, it is the ugliest. Any one who has watched a dragon •flj flitting above the surface of small, ^eedy ponds or near the shores of urge ones, late in the snmmer or early in the fall, has noticed its fre quent dipping of the extremity of its '6ng body lightly in the water as it imst along. The dragon fly that verynafflretifidip^er bo5y in the rA Linen Crash Gown. A linen crash in a dingy dirt color is considered very smart with tucks em broidered in white linen threads, and the frock otherwise trimmed with a coarse Bnssian white linen lace. A white linen facing to the jockeys and a white linen belt, tucked, and bnokled with a bit of Russian enamel, is in keeping. Apropos of such summer tailor gowns, white piques are so pretty trimmed with light blue French cam- brio, linen, it is called, and the bat tens are covered with pique; cr white cotton lacings with tasseled ends fasten the sailor blouse. The white muslin cravat is never omitted even with these semi-tailor yachting gowns, and the Frenchy sailor of white pique has a tacked band of light blue taffeta buckled in front with carved ivory, the hat tipped over the brows with a bow of the same taffeta under the brim be hind. This is smart, too, carried out in straw and black velvet with a steel buckle.—San Francisco Chronicle. I! E water she deposits an egg. The spe cific gravity of the egg is snch that it sinks to the bottom among the weeds, and in due time hatches out the for midable-looking creature whose de velopment into the perfect dragon fly I have described. It takes three years for an egg to become the perfect fly. A Woman Umbrella Manufacturer. A preserving little woman, who is supporting herself, not only makes umbrellas, bat makes a success of it. When asked how she came to go into the business she said it was all chance. She was employed by an umbrella manufacturer to take charge of his workrooms, and filled such a place un til he failed. She then conceived the idea of carrying on the business her self. She soon found out how and where to buy npiterial, whioh was her only stambliug-blook. After this the Jaa-aoU. and T the saresn tfcjp large stores, and tinned to go) until she got an audi ence with one of the managers, and wherever she succeeded thus far she | obtained orders also, and tbns she | built np a good business. She is now doing a large business here in New York, and supplies many stores. She attributes her success i entirely to industry and perseverance. I —New York Tribune. * State Insurance For German Workmen Some astonishing figures have just been issned by the imperial home of fice respecting the State insurance of workmen. At the end of the year 1897 there were 442,000 industrial establish ments, with 5,750,000 insured per sons, and 4,645,000 agricultural settle ments, with 11,000,000 ihsured per sons. This insurance has reference onl} to accidents. In addition to the numbers given above the workers in the knilding trades have to be reckoned. Thcitotal number of workmen insured agr.ipst accidents amounted roundly ;htecn millions. The number of ents in 1897 was 381,000, and the compensation paid in lump or annually to 515,000 persons was ixteen million dollars. T1 »re exists,moreover, in Germany, a sy; em of insurance for all workmen or ei ployes against disablement and old a ;e. Disablement pay was granted in 1! >7 to 231,000 working men and worn a; old age pensions were awarded to 22 ,000 persons. The amount to- geth ' made np one hundred and thirtjfive million dollars in one year, ntribntions in tho same year— proportion of one-third from the ers, one-third from the w’ork- d one-third from the State— d to two hundred and forty- lion dollars. The contributions because it is intended to create a fund of one hundred and five million dollars, the interest h will eventually permit of a 1 in the amounts contributed. Tageblatt. he in th| empl^ men amon] five: ■ob rest twentj on wt redncl You May Take Men’* Ann* o' Night*. Once again custom has changed, and it has suddenly become not only the proper but quite the necessary thing for women to take men’s arms in the street at night. The last few weeks has seen this custom of a few years ago reared, and almost in a twinkling. All this last winter to do such a thing would have been very bad form, except under exceptional circumstances. Now the^ best known men and women are taking itnp again, and among those who fall into the lines of fashion the custom is well nigh universal. The reason given by authorities on social matters is that people have suddenly come to a realization of just how big a New York night crowd is. On Broadway after the theatres are out. and even in the early evening, women who do not take the arms of their escorts are exceedingly liable to get separated from them. And in a crowd of size it'is considered a wom an is mach safer if she is actually under the protection of a man—that is, her hand slipped within his arm. Whether or not this reasoning is correct it is certain that the custom has changed as detailed above. A girl oil the street with a man after dark nowadays takes his arm, even if she has only just met him, and this rule applies quite as well on the quieter thoroughfares and side streets as it does on the crowded avenues. New York Herald. Bermuda XVomen. ii There are, perhaps, a larger number of spinsters in Bermuda in proportion to the population than in any other place on this side of the Atlantic, and it is a carious fact t^at this is the law of the land. The semi-tropical climate of the isl ands and their isolation have made of the inhabitants of English stock a quiet, almost sluggish, folk, of a sim plicity nearly Arcadian. The women, especially, many of whom live very narrow lives, never leaving these isl ands, are remarkable for their old- fashioned hospitality and natural ease of manner which seems to arise from an entire faith in those with whom they come in contact. Perhaps the fact that it would be very difficult .for a criminal to escape from the islands may account for it, but, at any rate, crime is very rare there. Bermuda women are excellent house wives and bring up large families of children, some of the most favored young folk being sent to the United States for educational advantages. In matters of etiquette they are far more strict than Americans. As a rule, they are well-to-do, and live comfort ably, while some of them possess am ple means and enjoy much luxury. In Bermuda, as in England, property, especially real estate, remains in the same family for long periods, and some of the descendants of the first settlers still possess lands which have never passed ont of their families. It is just this conservatism about property whict - anperabnndance of spin> land in Bermuda, either by porchase or inheritance. This is chiefly a pre cautionary measure against the Portn- guese, who flock to the country and go in largely for onion growing. But the law provides that if a woman marries a foreigner she shall lose her lauded property, bat shall also become inca pable of inheriting any. This law is naturally not popular with the ladies, who 'see their brothers mate with Americans and other aliens, and would fain have the same liberty. Occasion ally Bermudan girls renounce their birthrights for loves’ sake; but. as a rule, the charms of penniless maidens are not sufficient for young men to de sire them for wives, and thus many girls are doomed to single blessedness in Bermuda simply by the law of the land.—Boston Herald. The four til matur: gradu tappe the n dom; with fr it ti cared to its f< as long yield price, should per ann The Rubber Tree. bber tree is usually tapped es during the first year of its and the intervals of rest diminished until it can be onthly. The robber tree is cow of the vegetable king- yield continnes to increase nent and skilful milking until its maximum. Properly tree will yield steadily np eth year; in some instances, >s fifty or sixty years. The ., as well as the market triable; but a healthy tree eld a revenue of $15 to $20 All _ that are | axe obt . Biiatle* From China. proportion of the hog bristles into brashes of all sorts from China. —' The Well-Groomed Woman. The well-groomed woman is she who looks well and snitably dressed on every occasion. Her hair is al ways jnst right, and her shoes, gloves and bonnets are always sightly. It is because she is invariably in trim for anything that may tnrn np. She is perfect as to detail and has at least one gown for every occasion. The woman who lacks the first requisite may have twenty gowns for each oc casion and not look well. The well- groomed woman boys good things, expends a good deal of thonght on their selection and has them well cat. She does not approve of exagger ated styles, because th ey make her conspicuous, which is bad taste. She has one perfectly correct dinner dress, a simple and beantifnl gown, a fancy waist for theater, a couple of cloth street gowns and jackets for the I'a.lilon Hint*. Plain covert clothes will be much worn in tailor made gowns. A nice trimming for black sailors is ribtion in the three shades of burnt orange. Children’s bats are largely trimmed with old garden flowers, red being the popular color. Little people wear the proverbial bonnet with lace, and a lace insertion hfr trimming. Cerise is still a fashionable color, and for that reason tbe price of cerise- colored silk has gone up. ■Watermelon pink silk, with ecru and black applique lace, will be most ef fective for summer gowns. Princess gowns and mantles will be much worn; scarfs will be used for panels and other decorations. Louis XV. lovers’ knots, with float ing ends and flowers, will be the most popular designs on laces this season. The English walking-hat still holds a place ip fashion, and is often pro fusely trimmed with plumes and jet. Among summer hats a chip with white monsseline de sole and sweet peas will be a chic headdress for young women. A pretty hat now popular is a white leghorn with yellow plumes, white duchess lace trimming and long streamers. Sailors will be worn with low crowns and narrow brims this season. A fashionable trimming will be a folded sct&f wound around the crown and tied at the left side. Among the pretty headdresses is the wide biim sailor, the crown banked aronnd from the back with orchids, and m the front a large Alsatian bow of white satin ribbon. A small bonnet of framework, covered with bnrnt orange roses, with an aigrette of black jet and a white lace wing, is a most attractive head dress for elderly women. □SL